Alternate Names: Bakuli, Bakulu, Bakulung, Bambur, Kukulung, Kulu, Kuluno, Wo, Wurkum
Dialects: None known. Mutually unintelligible (less than 20%) with Mbula-Bwazza , and Bille ,. Lexical similarity: 37% with Mbula-Bwazza ,, 33% with Bile ,.
Genealogy:
Demographics: 40,000 (2012 M. Rueck, Z. Yoder, and K. Hannelová). Elderly are monolingual.
Language Use: Home. All ages. Positive attitudes. Used as L2 by Piya-Kwonci [piy].
Language Development: Bible portions: 1950.
Nation of Origin: Nigeria
Other Comments: 4 clans: Bambur, Balassa, Banyam, Bamingun. Different from Kulung , of Chad which is Chadic. Similar in culture to Piya, Kodei, Kwanchi, Pelang, and Pero. Christian.